What A Greater Weight
Sisyphus was condemned to pushing a boulder up a hill for all eternity only to have it fall to the other side. Below is a short poem I wrote while studying Luke 14:25-35 and thinking about the existentialist philosopher Albert Camus' discussion on the myth of Sisyphus . In the former, Jesus speaks very strong words that would strike fear into anyone's heart..."Whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:27). In the latter, Camus is using Sisyphus (in the picture) to compare with the "workman of today" who works and works even though there is no ultimate purpose. In thinking about the two I thought...What a greater weight to carry the cross than to push a boulder. What a greater call we've been given. We may have to experience pain, rejection, denial here...But what a great weight it is to carry knowing some day we will be in the presence of God (Rev 21) What A Greater Weight What a greater we